John Button dies at age 70

The racing community has been mourning the loss of John Button earlier this week. John Button, Jenson Button’s father, was 70 years old. He was widely known to have been very involved with supporting his son’s racing pursuits, from racing go-karts all the ways up to Formula One. He will be missed.

About Allen Berg

Allen Berg ranks among Canada's top racing personalities. He won the Formula Pacific Tasman Championship, won at Silverstone against Ayrton Senna and Martin Brundle in perhaps the greatest year ever in British Formula 3, and qualified for nine starts in F1, a record bettered among his countrymen only by Gilles and Jacques Villeneuve.